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PELARGONIUM verecundum. 
Slushing Stork’s-bill. 
P . verecundum, foliis cordatis carnosis cartilagineo-denta- 
tis ciliatis utrinque pubescentibus subtus multinerviis \ 
inferioribus quinquelobis basi imbricatis: superioribus 
trilobis basi distinctis, stipulis ovatis acutis subdentatis 
ciliatis, umbellis 5-6-floris, calycibus apice reflexis sub- 
tortis, tubo nectarifero calyce villoso paulo breviore. 
Stem shrubby, of strong growth, branching: branches 
spreading, clothed with very unequal hairs. Leaves suc¬ 
culent, cordate, sharply toothed with unequal brown horny 
teeth, finely ciliate, and clothed on both sides with very 
short hairs, strongly 3 -nerved at the base underneath, the 
nerves prominent and branching in all directions; upper 
side of a dull but dark green, underneath paler; lower 
leaves 5 or sometimes 7-lobed, very much undulate, over¬ 
lapping at the base, lobes very broad, but shallow : upper 
leaves only 3-lobed, flat or scarcely undulate, open at the 
base, more hairy and fringed, lobes broadly wedge-shaped, 
more unequally toothed. Petioles long, slightly flattened 
on the upper side and rounded on the lower, thickly 
clothed with very short hairs and some long ones inter¬ 
mixed. Stipules ovate, acute, sometimes toothed and 
fringed with long white hairs. Peduncles long, more or 
less bent, thickly clothed with very unequal hairs. Involu¬ 
cre of several ovate acute fringed bractes, which are much 
crowded and imbricate. Umbels 5 or 6-flowered. Pedi¬ 
cles very long and slender, spreading, more or less bent, 
tinged with purple, and clothed with unequal hairs. Calyx 
5-cleft, of a brownish purple, villous: segments reflexed at 
the points, and more or less twisted, with red margins ; 
upper one broadest, ovately lanceolate; the others broadly 
